66
COMUS
Spirit
Goddess dear,
We implore thy powerful hand
To undo the charmed band
Of true Virgin here distrest,
Through the force and through the wile
Of unblest inchanter vile.
We implore thy powerful hand
To undo the charmed band
Of true Virgin here distrest,
Through the force and through the wile
Of unblest inchanter vile.
Sabrina
Shepherd, ’tis my office best
To help insnared chastity.
Brightest Lady, look on me.
Thus I sprinkle on thy brest
Drops that from my fountain pure
I have kept of pretious cure;
Thrice upon thy fingers tip,
Thrice upon thy rubied lip;
Next, this marble venom’d seat,
Smear’d with gumms of glutenous heat,
I touch with chaste palms moist and cold.
Now the spell hath lost his hold;
And I must haste ere morning hour
To wait in Amphitrite’s bowr.
To help insnared chastity.
Brightest Lady, look on me.
Thus I sprinkle on thy brest
Drops that from my fountain pure
I have kept of pretious cure;
Thrice upon thy fingers tip,
Thrice upon thy rubied lip;
Next, this marble venom’d seat,
Smear’d with gumms of glutenous heat,
I touch with chaste palms moist and cold.
Now the spell hath lost his hold;
And I must haste ere morning hour
To wait in Amphitrite’s bowr.
